{"product_id":"9780547539607","title":"Flight to Arras","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe World War II aviator and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Little Prince\u003c\/i\u003e tells his true story of flying a reconnaissance plane during the Battle of France in 1940.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When the Germans first invaded France in May of 1940, the French Air Force had a mere fifty reconnaissance crews, twenty-three of which served in Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Group II\/33. After only a few days, seventeen of the crews in Saint-Exupéry’s unit had already perished.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlight to Arras\u003c\/i\u003e is the harrowing story of a single mission over the French town of Arras, an endeavor Saint-Exupéry realized the futility of even as he witnessed it unfolding. Filled with tension, emotion, philosophy, and historical detail, and penned by a master storyteller, this extraordinary memoir serves as a record of a little-known chapter of the Second World War, and an unforgettable portrait of the brave souls who fought despite desperate odds.","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120284156144,"sku":"9780547539607","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780547539607_p0.jpg?v=1769917002","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547539607","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}